Today Intel is expanding their LGA1156 platform processor lineup by rolling out new dual-core Clarkdale processors manufactured with 32 nm process. The manufacturer has every intention to make them a true sales hit: they will exist in three different families and the prices of different models will lie in the interval between $84 and $284. What are the real marketing prospects of these new solutions and has Nehalem microarchitecture retained all its charm in the dual-core incarnation. These are the questions we will try answering in our today’s article.

Final Rendering

Just like video editing, rendering also belongs to well-paralleled tasks. Therefore, we see pretty much the same regularities. Dual-core Clarkdale processors supporting Hyper-Threading technology outperform dual-core LGA775 CPUs but fall behind quad-core LGA775 ones. In other words, we have every right to say that Core i5 and Core i3 processors raise the dual-core platforms performance to a new level. And this level is so high that the participating Core i5-661 CPU proves capable of competing successfully against junior quad-core competitor solutions – AMD CPUs. However, the positive verdict about the Clarkdale family we have just expressed doesn’t stick to the Pentium G6950 processor. This solution is only a little faster than the junior dual-core LGA775 models that is why it looks like an ugly duckling against the background of its more successful fellows.